Nearly half of all Americans will face the repercussions of the Equifax hack for years to come. The credit reporting firm announced in September that the personal information of 143 million people had been breached. But according to Reuters the federal agency charged with investigating the information breach has stopped looking into the matter. President Trump chose Mick Mulvaney to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and immediately watchdogs feared it was a pick that was meant to cripple the office.